Ministry sets stricter emission standards, old cars to disappear from circulation VietNamNet Bridge – By mid-2018, Vietnam had more than 184,120 vehicles over 20 years old, of which 2,613 passenger vehicles with over nine seats had expired. Vietnam sets stricter emission standards The Vietnam Register (VR) has submitted to the Ministry of Transport (MOT) the second draft of the PM Decision on the plan to heighten emission standards. It is expected that the decision would cover two subjects – used import vehicles and vehicles in circulation. The regulation will not be applied to vehicles under the control of the police and army that serve the national defence and security tasks. It is expected that the decision would cover two subjects – used import vehicles and vehicles in circulation. The regulation will not be applied to vehicles under the control of the police and army that serve the national defence and security tasks. The agency has proposed lowering the CO (carbon monoxide) emissions for vehicles using gasoline from 4.5 (level 1) to 3.5 (level 2); lower the HC (hydrocarbon concentration) from 1,200 ppm to 800 ppm. Meanwhile, diesel-fueled vehicles will have the emission concentration of 72 percent HSU instead of 60 percent. According to VR’s deputy head Nguyen Huu Tri, the currently applied emission standards have remain unchanged for 10 years. The number of vehicles across the country has exceeded 3 million, which means that the volume of gas discharged to the environment has increased by 2.5 times. Some research works… [Read full story]